National – Which states reduced spending on core programs?

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Majority "Core" Spending

Majority "Non-core" Spending

1997

Choropleth map of TANF spending in 1997

2016

Choropleth map of TANF spending in 2014

Core welfare reform areas are cash assistance, work activities (classified as work support until 2014) and child care, while non-core areas are permissible under the law, but were not central to the welfare-to-work debate.

Data – U.S. HHS, compiled and analyzed by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities